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LEAD PENOIL GASE.

No. 276,800. Patented-May 1,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

WILLIAM E. GARD, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

LEAD-PENCIL CAS E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,800, dated May 1, 1883.

Application filed July 19, 1882. (No model.)

Toall whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM IIGARD, of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented anlmproved Lead-Pencil Case; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of' this specification.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal view of the pencil-case ready for use; Fig. 2, a blank of flat brass or other suitable material, from which one form of the friction-slide may be stamped; Fig. 3, a cross-section of the pencilcase, showing the friction-slide in operating position; Fig. 4, a form of the friction-slide stamped from the blank represented at Fig. 2. Like letters designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My improved pencil-case is cheap, of extreme simplicity of construction, quickly and easily adjusted, and very convenient to use.

A simple hollow'or tubular case, A, of proper length and diameter to conveniently hold in the hand, and made of brass or other suitable material, is pointed at one end, having an opening therein large enough to admit the lead, and closed at the other end by a cap,'which may also be an eraser. 1n the pencil-case A is made a slit or narrow opening, a n, which extends from the top to the place where thecase begins to converge, and it is in this slit that the friction-slide B-the principal feature of my invention-moves.

In order to explain the construction and operation of the friction-slide B, I will explain one form of it, which is represented by Figs. 2, 3, and 4.

Fig. .Z'represents a blank cut from spring flat brass or other suitable material. Now, it

this blank be bent along the dotted line a. b in such a manner that the halves are parallel, or nearly so, with each other and snficiently far apart to admit of the holding of a lead between the sides thus formed by the friction thereof, and if at the same time the ends 6 f be flared or made bell'shape and the wings a d be bent to form acircle, we have Fig. 4, which is one form of my friction-slide.

Before the cap D is placed upon the case A the friction-slide B is put in position by placing it over the top of the case, so that the circle formed from the wings c at will surround and fit close to the outside of the case, the attaching portion slidingin the slit n n, and the bell-shaped or flared opening of the frictionslide being toward the point and inside of the case. Now, it will be seen that the frictionslide B can be moved up and down in the case A, and be, when not forcibly moved, held in any position thereon by the friction of the wings a d against the sides of the case, as well as by the spring action of the case reacting against them. The lead l is now inserted through the open pointed end of the case and pushed into the bell-shaped opening of the friction-slide,always striking the center of the slide, which is preferably made circular, and being held firmly in position by the friction or spring of the slide.

When one desires to write, the slide is pushed down so that the lead protrudes and is held in place by the friction of the slide on the barrel, as above indicated, and when through writing the slide is pushed back so the lead recedes and is protected and the ease ready for the pocket. When it is desired to place in anew lead it is only necessary to pull out the old one and push in the new, or, in case the old one is too short or sticks, a knife-blade or other instrument may be thrust through the slit n a into'the portion of the slide containing parts 0 and finto bell shape, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, substantially as described, of the case A, having slot N, with the slide B, having circular arm 0 d, and bellshaped flaring arms 6 f for centering the lead,

as and for the purpose set forth.

' WILLIAM E. GARD.

Witnesses:

FRANK DE S. BENZINGER, A. HANLY. 

